Essendon defender Tayte Pears will undergo season ending surgery this week after an injury interrupted 2014 season.

Pears has struggled to play consistent games this season due to a bony spur irritating where his achilies tendon joins the heel.

Club doctor Bruce Reid said the 24-year-old would be sidelined for the remainder of the season.

“Tayte all season has had trouble with what we call a haglund’s deformity which is a spur on the heel so he is getting some rubbing on the tendon,” Reid said.

“In the end because he is stopping and starting he can’t establish himself so he is going to surgery to that because it is a fairly prolonged recovery.”

After 11 games in 2013, Pears has failed to take to the field for the AFL team this season.